Avon Tyrrell House

Avon Tyrrell House is a medium-sized country house built in 1891 by W. R. Lethaby for Lord Manners. The structure features brick with stone dressings, and the garden front includes bays and gables that were once pargetted but are now tile-hung, along with flint or stone and brick chequerwork, topped with a plain tile roof. This house is considered one of the archetypal Arts & Crafts buildings.

The irregular E-shaped plan consists of three storeys with attached service ranges. The central part has four wide bays, with only one room and a passage wide. On the garden side, there are projecting wings, while the entrance side features wings that are two or three bays wide, some extending in front of the outer bays of the central part. There is also a single-storey projection in front of the centre bays and a two-storey service range that has been altered at one end.

The entrance front has a two-bay wide projecting wing on the right-hand side that contains the porch, with a set-back third bay at the right end. A large stone arched hood and doorcase leads to a segmental-headed double door, accompanied by a large seven by three light mullion and transom window beside it. Above, there are three-light stone windows with a wider segmental head central arch, and on the second floor, there are three-light casements. The parapet wall ramps up from the corners to a centrally placed four-shaft stack. Each side is supported by a stone plinth, with stone peacocks.

In the centre, there is a low projection with segmental head casements and a parapet that ramps up in the middle to a stone bellcote. Behind this, on the left and second floors, assorted casements can be found, with a breaking cornice and a stack starting from the second floor, featuring a clock face and diamond shafts above. The other projecting wing is two storeys high and two bays wide, with large segmental head casements on the ground floor and a moulded cornice leading to a hipped roof. All windows are fitted with leaded lights. The well-known garden front has a projecting one-bay wing on one end and a huge stack on the other, flanked by four large gables and two-storey canted bays. The interior of the house remains almost unaltered, although it is surprisingly poorly documented.